Today for you I have tulip Clearwater, an elegant classic shape and a true white. Here with forget-me-nots and tulips Negrita Parrot and Uncle Tom.

#tulips #mygarden #spring
#floweraday @plants

Microsoft, after laying off human news editors, has been spotlighting false and bizarre stories.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/tech/microsoft-ai-news/index.html

Penguin Random House launches high schoolers’ award to combat book bans

The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrati...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/24/penguin-random-house-launches-high-schoolers-award-to-combat-book-bans

#WritingCommunity
#SelfPublishing
#Writing

Autumn in full flow… The River Braan at The Hermitage in Perthshire, Scotland.

@hauntedhideaway both my mum and my grandmother said "pill" and I haven't heard it in years. It's the perfect word.

@Bronwyn I follow some of the Instagram / Threads engineers to see how they're using it and I've seen them using hashtags at times ... My guess is they're trying to reduce the server loads by delaying this feature, but that's a wild guess.

@Amitha how useful!

@Bronwyn I'm also wondering the same about hashtags

@hauntedhideaway perfectly said thank you

Pay attention to school board elections. Pay attention to attempts to restructure curriculum and ban books from school libraries/curriculums. Participate in school matters. What happens in schools is what's going to happen in public libraries. If you're not currently facing attacks on your public library, you're about to, if this is happening in your school district. They have a script, and they're following it. We need to organize as much as they are organized, we need to fund ourselves as well as they are funded, and we need to step in and disrupt the flow. If you can't do it for your schools, do it for yourselves.

@brendan @bookstodon Brendan, thanks!

I’ve been compiling a list of recommended science-fiction books.

Check it out and feel free to add yours—> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16jo7x3cmkQdhpwi8cy5SJcHrLYZJXVZhgabKWtznf-c/edit

#books #scifi @bookstodon

@KMTaylor @bookstodon oh agreed .. No octopus ever. How brilliant that there will be a sequel!

A super "Science Behind the Fiction" event at #PortobelloBookFestival with #DougJohnstone (THE SPACE BETWEEN US) and myself talking about FRIEND ME.

We chatted about writing sci-fi proudly, how other writing like journalism affects our fiction, and the joys & terrors of Enceladus and AI. Thrilled to hear the sequel to Doug's book is out next march. Sci-fi forever!

#kidlit #scifi #sff #SheilaMAverbuch #MiddleGradeBooks #edinburgh #writingcommunity @bookstodon #Edinburgh

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Steve Herman @w7voa is the hardest working journalist on Mastodon.

Give him a follow!

@briankrebs yeah Skype breaks my heart about twice a week.